Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 107

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26028/cybium/2022-462-3-001
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C63F87BA-E326-3F7A-7584-D9B1EAA0FF34
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scientific name	Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)
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Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 96 cm WD

Water type: marine

Environment: pelagic

Depth range: 1-381 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2019)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: probably cosmopolitan in tropical and subtropical seas. Eastern Atlantic: known from south-eastern coasts of the Mediterranean and off Sicily. Recorded mainly in the Gulf of Guinea, but probably occurs throughout the area. Observed caught in tuna seines in Gabon (Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).

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Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Myliobatiformes
Family	Dasyatidae
Genus	Pteroplatytrygon

Pteroplatytrygon violacea (Bonaparte, 1832)

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